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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Chapter 6 — Trade Fair Program

§ 1755. Responsibilities of fair operator

Statutory text

(a)

Sole consignee and importer

Each fair operator designated by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 1751 of this title shall be deemed the sole consignee and importer of all articles entered under section 1752 of this title for the fair for which such operator has been designated.

(b)

Reimbursement of customs charges and expenses

The actual and necessary customs charges for labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, examination, appraisement, custody, abandonment, destruction, or release of articles entered under section 1752 of this title, together with the necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection with the accounting for, custody of, and supervision over, such articles, shall be reimbursed to the United States by the operator of the fair for which they are entered. Receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 1524 of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Trade Fair Act of 1959

    Pub. L. 86–14 § 6 · 73 Stat. 18

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1755

    (Pub. L. 86–14, § 6, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 19.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 86–14, § 6, Apr. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 19.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 6. RESPONSIBILITIES OF FAIR OPERATOR. (a) Sole Consignee and Importer.— Each fair operator designated by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 2 shall be deemed the sole consignee and importer of all articles entered under section 3 for the fair for which such operator has been designated. (b) Expenses of Customs Custody, etc.— The actual and necessary customs charges for labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, examination, appraisement, custody, abandonment, destruction, or release of articles entered under section 3, together with the necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection with the accounting for, custody of, and supervision over, such articles, shall be reimbursed to the United States by the operator of the fair for which they are entered. Receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1524). 52 Stat. 1087.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 86–14, § 6, , 73 Stat. 19.)

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